Play It to the Bone (2000)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 69
Flat characters and uninspired comedy yield forgettable results.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 20
Flat characters and uninspired comedy yield forgettable results.
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After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers struggling on the lowest rungs of the fight game. When a major boxing promoter needs to fill out the card for a heavyweight bout in Las Vegas, Vince and Cesar both get the call to head out to Sin
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Cast
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Antonio Banderas
Cesar Dominguez -
Woody Harrelson
Vince Boudreau -
Lolita Davidovich
Grace Pasic -
Tom Sizemore
Joe Domino -
Lucy Liu
Lia -
Robert Wagner
Hank Goody -
Richard Masur
Artie -
Willie Garson
Cappie Caplan -
Cylk Cozart
Rudy -
Jack Carter
Dante -
Jim Lampley
Himself -
George Foreman
himself -
Larry Merchant
himself -
Darrell Foster
himself -
Steve Lawrence
Himself -
Mitch Halpern
himself -
Chuck Hull
himself -
Buddy Greco
himself -
Kevin Costner
himself -
James Woods
himself -
Mike Tyson
himself -
Rod Stewart
himself -
Gennifer Flowers
herself -
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All Critics (93) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (69) | DVD (8)
This is still Ron Shelton in good -- not great, but good -- form here, and the rewards are plentiful.
Top CriticLacks the pizazz of Shelton's best stuff.
Play It to the Bone isn't going to be a contender.
By the end, the fight means everything to them and virtually nothing to us.
...Shelton's second-best idea for a boxing movie.
I didn't watch Play It To The Bone - I sat through it.
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